1990 Honda Civic GL review from Cyprus
"An excellent well balanced car"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
The only thing that went wrong was a problem with the back wheel axis, it seems the car was in an accident resulting the axis being re-fixed, resulting in the back left tyre being a lot quicker consumed (in it's inner side).
General comments?
Good things:
1) the Car is fast, I mean really fast, both accelaration and top speed. I can zip from 0-100 in 9.5 seconds. I have reached speeds of 170KM/h and I'm sure the car can go beyond that (I stopped accelerating then).
2) Not only is the car fast, it's also build like a sports car: the cornering and handling is simply incredible.
3) It can also go places normal cars wouldn't go (up mountains, flooded roads, really rough terrain etc)
4) It's a sheer pleasure to drive, very comfortable and shock absorbing.
5) It's cheap to buy.
6) It's economic, VERY economic, measured by myself to do 58 miles per gallon (that's 100km with 4.5 litres) at 100km/h.
7) It's very reliable, bought it used in 2000 and drove almost 40000 km so far, never let me down once.
Bad things: the car loses A LOT of performance when you load it with people, put 2-3 people inside and the car's accelaration suffers.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | Yes |
| Year of manufacture | 1990 |
| First year of ownership | 2000 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2004 |
| Engine and transmission | 1.5 petrol Manual |
| Performance marks | 9 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 9 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 10 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 10 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 9 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 140000 kilometres |
| Most recent distance | 175000 kilometres |
| Previous car | Honda Civic |
| Date of Entry | 13th January, 2004 |